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Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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Patented Apr. 26, 1892.

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No. 473,883. Patented Apr; 26, 189.2.

. A TTOHNE KJT JOSEF LINDNER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO 'MORITZ GRUBER, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,883, dated April 26-, 1892.

Application filed December 30, 1891. Serial No. 4l6,544i (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: less wire m, passing through the tubes 0, up-

Be it known that I, JOsEF LINDNER,of New rights a, and a box g, connecting the uprights York city, New York, have invented an Imat the bot-tom. To keep the wires properly proved Sign, of which the following is a speciseparated, each truck is provided with a per- 5 fiOfltiOlfL forated plate d through which the several This invention relates to an improved sign wires pass singly, excepting the wire that adapted to be mounted upon a roof or similar moves the truck, which is of course attached place and in which aseries of laterally-adjustto its plate. Thus in Fig. 9 the upper wire m able and vertically-movable letters are susis shown to be secured to the plate (Z by a pair 1o pended from a frame of peculiar construction. of collars, while the lower wire passes freely The invention consists in the various feathrough such plate. tures of improvement more fully pointed out The drawings show the arrangement used in the 01%111118- if twelve letters are to be suspended from In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is every rail 0. In that case the plate (Z has six 15 a perspective view of my improved sign; Fig. upper perforations and six lower perforations, 2,2. vertical longitudinal section thereof; Fig. Fig. 4, and each tube 0 contains six upper 25, a vertical longitudinal section through part wires and six lower wires. Every one of these of one of the horizontal rails c; Fig. 4,a crosswires moves one of the trucks cl and passes section on line 0c 00, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a vertical loosely through the plates 61 of all the other 20 section through part of oneofthe postsa; Fig. trucks. At the connections of tubes 0 and 6, asection on lineyy, Fig. 5;Fig. 7, across-see box g with uprights a there are hung in such tion through one of the posts a; and Fig. 8, a uprights upon shafts 7L a number of pulleys section on line 2 z, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 isa detail h, over which the wires pass in turning the vertical transverse section through plates (Z corners. \Vithin the uprights athe wires are 25 Figs. 1 and 2 are drawn on a smaller scale kept properly separated by means of perfothan the remaining figures. rated shelves 2', Figs. '7 and 8.

The letters a (1 represent a pair of tubular In order to permit proper access to the sevposts or uprights projecting fromabase b and eral wires within the box g, the wires are arconnected by sockets a withanumber of horiranged in a peculiar step-shaped method, so

3o zontal rails c. The rails c are made in the that each wire occupies a top position during form of tubes that are provided with a slit some portion of its length. This is accomat the bottom extending from end to end. plished by a set of rollers or pulleys g, ar- To each side of the slit the tube cis provided ranged step-shaped within box g, so as to dion its inner face with a horizontal flange or vide the latter into a series of compartments 5 bearing-surface c, Fig. 4.-. Upon these flanges g lVithin each compartment one set of travel the trucks cl of as many letters as are wires will be on top, and thus any one wire to be suspended from the rail. To the axle can be readily reached. of the truck there is secured by arm CZ a pul- The operation of the sign will be readily ley d to which in turn the letter e of the understood. The letters are suspended from 0 40 sign is adapted to be attached. This letter the pulleys by wires f, and the pulleys are is thus laterally adjustable upon the rail, and shifted into the desired position by means of any word can therefore be symmetrically arthe wires m. ranged whether of greater or less length. hat I claim is The letter e is suspended from pulley d by 1. The combination of uprights a, tubular 5 means of a rope f, both ends of which are atslotted cross-rails, trucks within the crosstached to the letter. The rope is wound rails, sign-letters suspended from said trucks, around a barf near the bottom of the appaand wires on, connected to and operating the ratus to allow the letter to be hoisted similar trucks, substantially as specified. to a flag. 2. The combination of uprights a, slotted 50 In order to impart the lateral motion to the cross-rails c, trucks within such cross-rails, trucks (Z, each truck is provided with an endperforated plates (2 and pulleys secured to the trucks, and wires m, connected to the percross-rails c, trucks within the same, Wires m, IO forated plates, substantially as specified. I connected to the trucks and passing through 3. The combination of uprights a, slotted theuprights,pulleysh,andperforatedshelves cross-rails, trucks Within the same, wires m, '6 within the uprights for guiding the wires, connected to the trucks and passing through substantially as specified.

the uprights and cross-rails, and a series of J OSEF LINDNER. pulleys g, arranged in steps and around which Witnesses: the wires pass, substantially as specified. MORITZ GRUBER,

4. The combination of uprights a, slotted F. V. BRIEsEN. 

